07-10-2021 LONDON: The UK is eager to show off its environmental credentials an important UN summit in the coming days but for the moment, is having trouble dealing with mounting protests at home from climate activists. Direct action group Extinction Rebellion has brought cities to a standstill and vowed to …

07-10-2021 WASHINGTON: The United States Supreme Court has begun hearing the case of a Guantanamo detainee seeking to compel two CIA contractors to testify about the alleged torture he was subjected to at an agency “black site” in Poland. The country’s top court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case …

07-10-2021 GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, marking a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually. The WHO recommendation is for RTS,S, sold as “Mosquirix”, a vaccine developed …

07-10-2021 PARIS: France will send its ambassador back to Australia to help redefine relations after withdrawing the envoy when Canberra ditched a defence accord with Paris in favor of a tie-up with Britain and the United States, its foreign minister said. France has accused its allies of stabbing it in …

06-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ DAYKUNDI: The Taliban killed 13 more members of the Shia Hazara ethnic group, including a 17-year-old girl, in the central province of Daykundi, shortly after they took power in Afghanistan, according to a new report from Amnesty International. On …

06-10-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian government has announced an investigation into the Pandora Papers after several Indian businessmen and a prominent military man, among others, was named in the leaks, Geo News reported Tuesday. Per the report, the Indian government has ordered a probe into various agencies, which will be …

06-10-2021 PARIS: Over 200,000 children have been sexually abused by French clergy over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, saying that the Catholic Church had turned a blind eye to the ‘scourge’ for too long. The church had shown “deep, total and even cruel indifference …

05-10-2021 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: More than 300 Indian nationals, including veteran politicians, businessmen and crickets have been named in the Pandora Papers, an investigation uncovering financial secrets held by high-profile individuals across the world. India’s legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, business tycoon Anil Ambani, Nirav Modi’s sister, pharma billionaire Kiran Mazumdar …

05-10-2021 MASQAT/ DUBAI: Dozens people have been killed after tropical cyclone Shaheen battered parts of Oman and Iran. There was widespread flooding along Oman’s northern coast as the storm made landfall on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 150km/h (93 mph). Omani authorities reported the deaths of …

04-10-2021 RIYADH/ TEHRAN: Saudi Arabia held discussions with regional rival Tehran last month as talks to ease tensions continue under Iran’s conservative President Ebrahim Raisi. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Sunday “the fourth round of talks took place on September 21”. “These discussions are …